Retainer and lock for spare wheels



J. L. WELLER ET AL.

RETA'INER AND LOCK FOR SPARE WHEELS.

Jan. 16, 1923.

FILED OCT. 30, I920.

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JOHN L. WELLER, AND FRANKLIN EARL WINCHESTER, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA.

RETAINER .ANJD LOOK FOR SPARE WHEELS.

Application filed October 80, 1920. Serial N'o. 420,846.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, JOHN L. WVELLER and F RANKLIN E. WINCHESTER,citizens of the United States, residing at Richmond,

in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented a new anduseful Retainer and Look for Spare Wheels, of which the following is aspecificati n.

At the present time it is customary to carry a spare wheel on anautomobile, such wheel being supported and retained upon a suitable heador support attached to the car. Various devices have heretofore beenprovided for retaining the wheel in place, and protecting the sameagainst improper removal, but each of such devices, so far as we areaware, has been open to one or more objections. This has been especiallytrue with that type of wheel known as the disk wheel, the web of which'is comparatively thin sheet metal, so designed and proportioned as tobe readily attachable to a hub member which is the driving axle.

Heretofore, disk wheels have been supported upon a head provided with acentral rearwardly projecting pin and a plurality of rearwardlyprojecting bolts, arranged to receive the disk of the spare wheel andalso arranged to receive a retaining lock against which the retainingnuts Were screwed. The central projecting pin in this structure isprovided with a diametrical perforation adapted to receive the hemp of apadlock, if desired. The objection to such a construction is that thepadlock may ,be very readily twisted off or sawn off.

The object of our present invention is, therefore, to provide a lockingmember which may be readily substituted for the separate retaining andlocking devices heretofore used, said device being of such characterthat it cannot be readily improperly manipulated, injured or detached.

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention. Fig. 1 is a centralvertical section of a disk wheel in place upon the usual carrier andretained by our improved device; Fig. 2 a fragmentary end elevation ofthe parts shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a fragmentary vertical section in thesame plane as Fig. 1, showing in detail the locking structure; Fig. 4 aline H of Fig. 3.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a suitable suppermanently carried byfragmentary section, on

port conveniently provided with a circular head 11 against which theplate, or web, 12 of the spare wheel will fit. Head 11 is provided witha plurality of properly circumferentially-spaced bolts 13 adapted topass through the perforations in plate 12, which are provided for itsattachment to the hub upon which it is to be secured, said boltsreceiving nuts 14. Head 11 is provided at its center with a pin 15 whichis diametrically perforated at 16 near its outer end.

The structure thus far described is a common structure, ordinarilyprovided for the reception and carrying of a spare Wheel. Our improveddevice consists .of a metal retainer 20, conveniently a casting, havinga central perforation at 21 adapted to receive the end of pin 15, theperforation 21 preferably being closed at its outer end so that accesscannot be obtained to the end of the pin 15.

Formed in member 20, most conveniently at right angles to the axis ofperforation 21, is a lock receiving bore 22 which is counterbored orenlarged, as indicatedat 23, at 8 its inner end, said counter-borehaving an axial inner extension 24 leading into bore 21.

Mounted in bore 20 is the main body 25 of a high-grade lock, said mainbody being provided with an axial extension 26 so formed as to fit andbe projectable through bore 24 into perforation 16 of pin 15. A spring27 normally acts to retract bolt 26 from perforation 16, the extent ofaxial movement of the main body 25 of the lock being limited by a.retaining screw 28. Main body 25 of the lock carries alaterally-projectable locking pin 29 which may be re tracted within themain body 25 by the action of a rotary key-controlled member 30, ofwell-known type, controlled by a key 31. Pin 29 is normally urgedoutwardly by a spring 32, so that when main body 25 is pushed. in to theposition indicated in full lines in Fig. 3, pin 29 will be automaticallyprojected into the counter bore 23 and so as to retain bolt 26 in itsposition projected into perforations 16.

Normally and in unlocked condition, the main body 25 of the lock willoccupy the position indicated in dottedlines in Fig. 3. After the sparewheel has been placed upon the carrier 11, our improved retaining deviceis readily slipped in place, as indicated in Fig. 1, and it is thenmerely necessary to register bore 24 with perforation 16, whereupon mainbody 25 may be finger-pressed into locking position.

As indicated in the drawings, the parts are so formed that it ispractically impossible for the application of any material turning forcethrough the medium of ordinary wrenches, etc., to the retainer, and, inview of the fact that the retaining member 29 of the lock 25 is entirelyprotected and concealed. and serves to retain the lock body in lockedposition even though the screw 28 should be removed, it is apparent thatthe structure cannot be improperly tampered wit-h.

We claim as our invention:

1. As an article of manufacture, a wheel retainer comprising a main bodyformed for application to a wheel-support, a locking bolt movablymounted in said main body and provided with an integral portion adaptedto be projected into locking engagement with the wheel support and witha retractable member adapted to be projected into locking engagementwith the main body.

2. As an article of manufacture, a wheel retainer comprising a main bodyhaving a bore formed to receive a pin carried by a wheel support, saidmain body also having a counter-bored passage communicating with thepin-receiving bore and a locking bolt mounted in said passage andprovided with an integral member adapted to be projected laterally intosaid bore and having a retractable member adapted to be projected intothe counter-bore.

raaasia 3. As an article of manufacture, a wheel retainer comprising amain body having a bore formed to receive a pin carried by a wheelsupport, said main body also having a counter-boredpassage communicatingwith the pin-receiving bore, and a spring retracted locking bolt mountedin said passage and provided with an integral member adapted to beprojected laterally into said bore and having a retracted member adaptedto be projected into the counter-bore.

l. As an article of manufacture, a wheel retainer comprising a main bodyformed for application to a rear support, a locking bolt movably mountedin said main body and provided with a portion adapted to be projectedinto locking engagemeht with the wheel support and with a retractablemember having a normal tendency to move into locking engagement with themain body.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a wheel retainer comprising a mainbody having a bore formed to receive a pin carried by a wheel support,said main body also having a counter-bored passage communieating withthe pin receiving bore, and a locking bolt mounted'in said passageandprovided with a member adapted to be projected laterally into said boreand having a retractable member having a normal tendency to move intothe counter-bore.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands at Richmond, Indiana,this 25th day of October, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

, JOHN L. WELLER.

FRANKLIN EARL WINCHESTER.

